alina makes a mess,

"hiiii....."

Raining, after the driest October in twenty years, citizens hustle across the street to take cover.

I join in, cross the street with my bags from the market soaked by the rain, hurry to beat the light turning red. A maple leaf falls, another.

At the same time, she stokes the fire with branches as thin as her wrists, sets the kettle on the stove—

waits to remove my clothes, to sit me in front of the fire with a blanket draped over my shoulders, to pull the kitchen knife from the drawer to cut the gouda, to slice the Fujis in half, to warm a loaf of bread.

on the unspoken gay history

A rainbow. That’s the moment when I knew exactly what kind of flag I would make.

Fear lulls our minds to sleep.

Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French author of graphic novel 'Persepolis', dies aged 56 - https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/marjane-satrapi-iranian-french-author-graphic-novel-persepolis-dies-aged-56-2026-06-04/

The Expanse 2.10 Cascade Shohreh Aghdashloo as CHRISJEN AVASARALA